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TBS SED Appointed Positions!

Hey SED,

I am thrilled to announce the newest additions to this year’s TBS SED Council!!!!

Joining us from THE Florida State University chapter of Tau Beta Sigma, Alpha Omega, the new SED Parliamentarian for the 2013-2014 year is Neil Bleiweiss! This year, he will be working to contact chapters about getting the most out of your chapter constitutions! Neil crossed in Spring 2011.

Hailing from the SED 2014 host school, the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Epsilon Theta chapter of Tau Beta Sigma. Our TBS SED Historian 2013-2014 is Bridgette Bell. She crossed in Fall 2011 and will be working this year on encouraging chapters to keep an accurate chapter history. She also might comprise a series of Post Membership Education lessons on the history of the SED!

I hope you will join me in congratulating our newest TBS council members. They can now be reached at sedhistorian@tbsigma.org and sedparliamentarian@tbsigma.org, respectively.

I hope to see many of you this weekend at Florida Day! Make sure your Chapter Progress Reports are in (and approved) by June 1st! And as always, if you need anything, do not hesitate to contact any member of your 2013-2014 TBS SED Council!

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5 for 5/15

Dear Southeast District,

Here are the 5 important things to know on May 15. 2013.

1. THE 2014 SED CONVENTION DATES ARE HEREEEEE!

I am proud to announce that the 2014 Southeast District Convention will be hosted at the Georgia Institute of Technology (GT) in ATL, GA the weekend of March 21-23, 2014. As more convention resources become available (i.e. website for registration), we will relay that information to you. Please help me in congratulating the Epsilon Theta chapter of Tau Beta Sigma and the Iota chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi for their hard work and dedication so far!

2. WANT TO GET A SWEET TAN, how about working on it at FLORIDA DAY?!

There are several ITB events happening this summer. Beginning with a fun filled, sun filled weekend in Orlando, FL. Florida Day, hosted by the Zeta Psi chapter of Tau Beta Sigma and the Eta Sigma chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi, is a social event held on the University of Central Florida campus every year. The best part about Florida Day is you do NOT have to be a member of a FL chapter to tan at their pool! I hope you will consider traveling down to Orlando NEXT WEEKEND, May 24-26&, as we celebrate the bond with some rays and good food.

3. CHAPTER SUMMARY REPORTS ARE DUE JUNE 1st

The Chapter Summary Report is National HQ’s way of reading about your individual chapters and celebrating their diversity! Do not forget when submitting this paperwork, the actual form needs to be submitted by June 1st, but your Director of Bands AND your Chapter Sponsor must also approve it by June 1st for it to be considered on time!

4. National Convention Travel

This year, your SED Joint Councils wants to facilitate NatCon travel to as many SED members as possible. To do this, we have devised the SED Takeover NatCon trip. This trip, beginning in Tallahassee, FL, will stop in Birmingham, AL; ATL, GA; and Charlotte, NC; before continuing on to Convention in Springfield, MA. The total cost of the trip is $425, however not only do you get a way there and back, you also get HOTEL while at convention! If you are interested in this trip, please contact me (sedpres@tbsigma.org) AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! We are currently trying to determine whether there is enough interest to make this trip possible. Please reach out and let us know if you are interested!

5. TBS SED Applications due THIS FRIDAY, May 17th!

There are 2 applications for TBS SED due on May 17th, 2013. One is the T-shirt competition application/design and the other is the Appointed Position Applications! If you are interested in applying for either of these great opportunities, please contact me (sedpres@tbsigma.org) or Sal (sedtreasurer@tbsigma.org) ASAP.

Congratulations, recent graduates and initiates! And congratulations to those of you who managed to survive another year of school and life ITB!

I hope to see you all this summer at the various ITB activities. As always, if you have questions about anything, let me know! Happy Wednesday/Thursday!

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UPDATED TRIP INFO- INCLUDING FL

Hey Brothers and Sisters of the SED,

I have received several concerned emails from brothers/sisters who live in FL about being excluded (far away) from the pick up sites for the SED Takeover NatCon trip…

Well, I want you to know, WE HEARD YOU! And we delivered.

The new travel itinerary is as follows:

Leaving from TALLAHASSEE, FL on July 22nd (2ish pm),
Driving to and stopping in BIRMINGHAM, AL (7ish pm),
Driving to and stopping in ATLANTA, GA (9ish pm),
Driving to and stopping in CHARLOTTE, NC (midnight ish),
Arriving in SPRINGFIELD, MA (noon ish).

The trip is looking to be about $400, including TRAVEL AND LODGING for convention. We will stay 4 nights at the host hotel (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday) and then we will board the busses after banquet Saturday night and arrive home on Sunday, July 28.

I am very pleased with the amount of participation thus far, but to make this a reality, we need more! We altered the trip for you, the state of Florida, so join us and get ready for the trip of a lifetime!!!!

You can find the form here.

Even if you are not a 100% sure traveler, please fill out the Travel Intent form by MONDAY, May 6th, so that we have an idea of who is interested.

As always, if you have any questions, please email me at sedweb@tbsigma.org. AND please send this information to every SED sister and brother you know!

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Those Tuesdays Though…

Hey SED,

I hope you are having a Terrific Tuesday! But, if not, here are some things to get rid of the Terrible Tuesday Blues.

1. SED TAKEOVER NATCON! I have decided to extend the deadline for the SED Takeover NatCon Intent form until MONDAY, MAY 6th. This is to allow people to focus on finishing school this week. BUT get your Intent Form for travel in by MONDAY to be considered for the trip. Share this with all SED-ers! We want a great showing in Springfield this summer and THIS TRIP IS CHEAP!!!! For between $300-450 (depending on interest) you will get TRAVEL AND LODGING for NatCon.

Find the form here.

2. TBS SED Appointed Positions! Applications for the TBS SED Appointed Positions (Song Leader, Historian, Parliamentarian) will be accepted until Friday, May 17th. You will need to submit the application along with a letter of recommendation from your chapter. Email sedpres@tbsigma.org with any further questions.

3. TBS SED T-Shirt Competition! Have you always wanted to design a shirt that is sold to a BUNCH of people? Well, now is your chance! Create a shirt for TBS SED to produce and sell this year and at National Convention! Mandatory: all 7 SED states must be present somehow on the shirt… Other ideas: turtles, crest, Wava, pineapples, Belinda’s face, etc… Applications and designs due FRIDAY, MAY 17th. Further questions can be directed towards sedtreasurer@tbsigma.org. (That part about my face was a joke :] )

4. CONGRATULATIONS, to all recently initiated sisters/brothers and also any newly elected chapter officers! If you have recently added new members or officers, make sure to update all your chapter’s information on the Online Membership & Reporting System. Your District Officers and your National Officers appreciate you!

5. Chapter Summary Reports! Now this news does not apply to everyone, but as a reminder, at the end of the school year, JUNE 1st, your Chapter Summary Reports are due. This is typically filled out by the current or newly elected President. Make sure to submit this online with enough time for your chapter sponsor and DoB to approve it, BEFORE JUNE 1st!

Have a great rest of your week, good luck with finals! As we enter the summer months, never forget, the year does not end for ITB when finals are complete.
We’d love to see each of you at every event this summer (INCLUDING NATIONAL CONVENTION)!!!!!!

MLITB

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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS!

Greetings SED,

Just a couple of important announcements:

First, DLC is THIS WEEKEND!  It’s free, so if you haven’t gone over to www.kkpsipi.org to register, do it NOW! 

At DLC we will be working on a book of cards for Wava.  Please bring with you photos, markers, colored pencils, glue, scissors, and again PHOTOS, to put in the cards.  Once the book is completed, we will be sending it to her family!  Make sure you come prepared to participate as I will not be able to provide enough supplies for everyone! 

SEDVPSP Highlights from Shells: 

If you have any photos of your chapter that you’d like to be featured on the blog or on the SED website, please send them to me, stating what chapter and a brief description of the photo.  Part of the reason why I created the blog was to recognize the chapters that are doing outstanding service, so please be sure to send items in!

The service database has been around for a while, but hasn’t been utilized recently. It contains service projects from chapters all over the district is an opportunity for you all to do that year-round.  So I introduce the “2012 Service Database Challenge”.  The chapter that submits the most original ideas to the database will win a brick in the “Walk of Fame” leading up to our National Headquarters at Stillwater Station.  This is a really great way for your chapter to be recognized and to be a part of National Headquarters. The rules are as follows:

1)All submissions to the database must be submitted via the SED Website: www.kkytbs.org/sed/tbs/index.html
            – Click on “Programs” at the top of the page
            – To submit, click “Contribute to database” and fill out the form
            – To view the current database, click “Current Projects Database”
            – All submissions are automatically sent to my email
            – DO NOT SEND DIRECTLY TO MY EMAIL OR IT WILL NOT COUNT!
2) DO NOT send the same project/idea more than once.  It will not count more than once.
3) The chapter with the MOST submissions will win
4) It DOES NOT matter when the project was completed
5) The DEADLINE for all submissions for the challenge are due by midnight, Wednesday March 14th.

In other news, as decided at the 2011 National Convention, the new deadline for several scholarships and awards is MARCH 1st!  You can view all of those by visiting www.tbsigma.org. Feel free to email your National Vice President for Communication and Recognition, Jonathan Markowski – jonathanmarkowski@tbsimga.org, for more information.

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TBS Road Trip: Route 5 and 8 – Second Stop: Intellectual Potential

“Recognition and development of your intellectual potential”

The second Quality to be observed by Tau Beta Sigma Members is a relatively simple yet deep statement.  Part of the reason Tau Beta Sigma was formed was to foster intellectual, spiritual, and personal growth through our time in college and to provide us with the tools to continue or development in these areas for the remainder of our lives.

Let’s start with recognition.  I wouldn’t consider myself to be arrogant…most of the time…but I know that I am intelligent and bright.  I know that I enjoy learning and have the ability to pick up certain skills easily and quickly.  However, recognizing your intellectual potential is more than just knowing that you’re intelligent.  To me, it means not placing boundaries on your mind and believing in your capabilities.  Learning is a process that we’ll continue for the rest of our lives.  We will continue to be exposed to the unknown until the day we die.  ”Recognition…of your intellectual potential” is understanding that, as they say, the world is yours for the taking.

To develop your intellectual potential is to go once step further.  Knowing that you are capable of seizing opportunity, but then letting it pass you by is worse than not having the opportunity at all.  Take the time to allow yourself to grow.  Walk  through doors that may have been closed for you once before.  Explore the unknown.  Add new experiences to your library of knowledge.   Recognizing and developing your intellectual potential will allow your mind to expand, creating opportunities unseen to you before.  If you seize these opportunities and feed your mind as set forth by the teachings of Tau Beta Sigma, you will be led to a life of insatiable fulfillment**

**insatiable fulfillment – phrase that I made up that I’m not sure makes sense. definition: being fulfilled by all that you have achieved in life, yet forever maintaining a desire to seek more knowledge and opportunity.

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In other news, my past post for this series was about good health and bodily perfection.  Well, I am pleased to say that I have lost around 15lbs and I am still going.  I feel healthier and I have more energy!  I encourage everyone to strive to be the best versions of themselves physically and mentally!  😀